The National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) identified specific factors that play a role in crime in South Africa. These are:

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Free access to firearms, gender inequality and economic development

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Vigilantism, socio-psychological factors and an inadequate criminal justice system

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The marginalisation of the youth, political conflict and xenophobia

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The political culture of violence, self-defence units and relative deprivation

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